Why? Or why would blackmail over his illegally-adopted children be the reason, as others have suggested? Roberts is a Statist. The man who appointed him (and his brother the candidate) is a Statist. It doesn't help us to remain in denial about how deep is the rot that has penetrated the Republican party.
I’m convinced SCOTUS voted to overturn OC, and Roberts took it upon himself to draft the majority opinion. Then the Chicafo Mafia threatened him with exposure of his illegal adoption actions, and he caved. Scalia’s reaction and the tortured, illogical language in Roberts’ revised opinion reveal the craven cowardice at root.
he’s gay